OT: Little League: What Town, What Team, and What Decade Did You Play?
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1976, Southern california, our team was the Bears, and we lost in the finals to the Yankees, 7-6. Even getting to the finals was a surprise because we sucked in the beginning of the season. One of the best kids on our team was a girl, she usually pitched and we probably would have won the finals but she just ran out of gas. Highlight of the year was even after we lost the finals our coach was so proud of us and how much we improved he let us all have a beer!
Wow, same town, same team, but 1973-76. We played on the field close to Rt. 22. The big deal was to hit the hut over the left field fence. 6 HR during my time. Pitcher or short my final two years on the Phillies. Great fun.
Willis - so played at that same field also. During my last year I wanted to see if I could reach home plate from the center field fence- I ended up throwing the ball over the back stop and into the creek that ran next to route 22
Green Brook , Mets 2 years minor, Mets 2 years major. Mid seventy's. I still have my 4 team photos from those years. My father coached us for 2 of those years. I had alot of fun playing. My wife, son and I go out to Williamsport every year for a game or two, I highly recomend going if you can!
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What was the name of the department store on 22 back in the 70s? It was either in Green Brook or barely into North Plainfield, but it was pretty popular then. I used to ride my bike to it from Piscataway with my buddy back in the day, and his bike was stolen one time (he still blames me for some reason). Was it Two Guys? Great Eastern? It was something like that.
Vague memories from South Wall Little League in the late 1970s. Claims to fame: In minor leagues, struck out the side once on 9 pitches, team made it to playoffs (don't recall if we won). In major leagues, my pitching was not as formidable and remember getting dinged up a few times, made the all star team, and I remember we got slaughtered. The level of competition was tougher each step up,and did not play after senior league little league.
Fords-Clara Barton in the sixties.
For some reason our league was not part of Little League
Our sponsor was a bar but the powers that be
put Dalina's Athletic Club and not Dalina's Tavern on the shirts
Couldn't put youth baseball and a tavern together.
Boy how times have changed!
For some reason our league was not part of Little League
Our sponsor was a bar but the powers that be
put Dalina's Athletic Club and not Dalina's Tavern on the shirts
Couldn't put youth baseball and a tavern together.
Boy how times have changed!
Piscataway 81-83
Senators(Sponsored by J. DiLeo Co.)
Great memories. Seemed like everyone in town played back then. We had a complex of 5 fields, 3 with lights and concessions in the middle. Both majors and minors and I think 4 divisions in each. In 81 we were the Bad News Bears. Didn't win a game. By 83 won our division.
Senators(Sponsored by J. DiLeo Co.)
Great memories. Seemed like everyone in town played back then. We had a complex of 5 fields, 3 with lights and concessions in the middle. Both majors and minors and I think 4 divisions in each. In 81 we were the Bad News Bears. Didn't win a game. By 83 won our division.
That was my third option but I thought that was on Route 1 near 18, but I think that was Two Guys. Ahhhh, memories.....
Belleville,NJ. Can't remember the team (the coaches name was Berg). Played in the late 50's (Pitcher, 2nd / SS).
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Willingboro PAL. Late 60's early 70's. Pretty crappy teams. Never came close to winning it all. Multiple teams.
Cedar Grove, early-mid 80s
Bears (pee wees, 82)
Mets (minors, 83-84 & majors, 85-86)
Ravens (intermediates), sponsored by Claridge Lincoln Mercury & Bob's Barber Shop. Won the league title in 87.
High school baseball for CGHS after that.
Bears (pee wees, 82)
Mets (minors, 83-84 & majors, 85-86)
Ravens (intermediates), sponsored by Claridge Lincoln Mercury & Bob's Barber Shop. Won the league title in 87.
High school baseball for CGHS after that.
Great thread. Played Iselin AA late 80s early 90s. Win or lose, free Italian ices after the game at the field house. Red Sox in the minors and Mets in the majors (mets we won the championship when i was 11 in three games, and got swept and lost when i was 12. 'World series' was best out of three, rest of the playoffs was single-game elimination). Was on the all-star teams in the summer (most years I made the team, but I think one year i was named an alternate and didn't play).
At 13 played in the Iselin AA pony league, this was basically a Woodbridge Township league with teams from Colonia, Woodbridge, Iselin, Hopelawn and Fords. Then onto high school, but nothing ever beat playing LL baseball with your good friends and kids you grew up with.
At 13 played in the Iselin AA pony league, this was basically a Woodbridge Township league with teams from Colonia, Woodbridge, Iselin, Hopelawn and Fords. Then onto high school, but nothing ever beat playing LL baseball with your good friends and kids you grew up with.
Great Eastern was located on the southbound side of Rt.1 on the river....on the New Brunswick side right before the apartments and the ramp for Rt-18 to NB. It's been a multi-plex movie theater complex.
1970
west Morris all star team. (Chester, mendham, peapack gladstone) Made nice run in tournament. Best memory: doubling in tying run top of 6th inning of last game, losing in bottom of 6th on a play at the plate and our catcher crying his eyes out. ( he went to cuse, played middle linebacker, had about an 8 year NFL career, all done on roids. Sorry for digressing.)
west Morris all star team. (Chester, mendham, peapack gladstone) Made nice run in tournament. Best memory: doubling in tying run top of 6th inning of last game, losing in bottom of 6th on a play at the plate and our catcher crying his eyes out. ( he went to cuse, played middle linebacker, had about an 8 year NFL career, all done on roids. Sorry for digressing.)
and Two Guys was on the Corner of Tices Lane and Rt. 18. with the Mid State Mall on the opposite diagonal corner an a drive in theatre on the direct opposite corner (with a little strip mal cutout on the actual corner).
Grew up in Mountainside and played LL and Senior League there before playing shortstop in HS. Our LL team was the Chiefs and we won the trophy 2 years in a row.
Biggest thrill was pitching a no hitter and striking out 18 in a 7 inning game in senior league.
Biggest thrill was pitching a no hitter and striking out 18 in a 7 inning game in senior league.
Woodbridge late 70's early 80's. Red Sox for the little league portion. Various teams for Babe Ruth.
East Vineland LL, early-mid 80s
Team was Scott Paper, sponsored by the major company that Chainsaw Al destroyed
They treated us well. The coaches all wore corporate collared shirts, and when we won the championship they invited us to the company picnic to celebrate & present us with jackets.
Team was Scott Paper, sponsored by the major company that Chainsaw Al destroyed
They treated us well. The coaches all wore corporate collared shirts, and when we won the championship they invited us to the company picnic to celebrate & present us with jackets.
Cold-blooded shit right there. But that's how it rolled back then, huh? Loved those days where you not only didn't get a trophy for everything, they tried taking them away from us when events warranted some removal.
Used to bowl at Blue Star Lanes. Thought Two Guys was near there. Can still picture the store front, and the logo/sign. Sad day when they went out of business.
Had a blast playing little league and pony league. My uncle Joe was the little league umpire for years.
LL in NB---played same years. Played on last place Bombers. Mount Yanks with Chamos were tough
LL in NB---played same years. Played on last place Bombers. Mount Yanks with Chamos were tough
I didn't know Blue Star had a bowling lane--I thought all the lanes were in Green Brook, as there were two lanes across from each other on 22 (I think one closed down about ten years ago). As for Great Eastern, Two Guys, and the other one that closed, it shows the life cycle of businesses, that it's not as hard to become successful as it is to stay successful.
